Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-27

Mr. Kiesewetter, next 70 this editorial
Endorsement, says that Foraker and his
minions denounce Mr.. Kiesewetter as a
rebel and copperhead. The next state
ment is indeed astonishing. It is this:
During this time he was for several
years a member of the Columbus city
council when that body hsd high char
acter for uprightness and honesty"
Then, without saying anything about his
being elected auditor of Franklin county,
comes the following: His record as aud
itor Of Franklin county was one TO be
proud If, and one that the taxpayers of
the county, without distinction of party,
commend and applaud"
Following this is a statement that he
kept the taxes down to the lowest prac-
tical limit, indicating that Mr.. Kiese-
wetter has not yet learned that the
auditor has very little to do with the
amount of the taxes Then he tells how
the people of Franklin county rose up in
their might and elected him for a second
term by an awful majority. Then he de-
tails his nomination in 1888 for auditor
of state, which was followed, according
to this editorial, by his being triumph
antly elected his vote being ''among
the highest given to any candidate who
was elected with him"
Then Mr.. Kiesewetter goes on to tell
how his services have been of great ben
eft to the people of the state, and how
he has refused to give warrants upon the
treasury on improper and fraudulent ac-
counts, which will be something entirely
new to every one except those who may
have been taken into Mr.. Kiesewetter's
confidence before he wrote this able edi-
toriRl review of his own excellencies and
great achievements. His next sentence
was evidently not submitted to Mr..
Powell before that gentleman made his
Mansfield speech, as there is discrep-
ancy between the statement of the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor a1d the
the Democratic candidate for auditor
Here is what Mr.. Kiesewetter says IN his
editorial: His far-seeing and watchful
care have kept the state papers from 60
ing to protest when the reckless extrava-
gance of a Republican administration
was driving on toward bankruptcy"
Right here one might inquire what is
the evidence Of extravaganza on the part
of the Republican legislature, as when
the appropriations made by the Repub-
ncan legislature were 1907, 199. Oh less
for 1887 than this same Mr.. Kiesewetter
auditor of state, had estimated would be
ne sessary. Auditor Kiesewetter esti-
mated that the appropriations necessary
fer 1887 would be 81, 300, 074. OF, while the
legislature appropriated $3,O42, ,S75. Mr..
Kiesewetter should have considered this
before he wrote this editorial about him
self. His able commendation of his own
administration ends with a lurid para
graph in which he states the following:
GAS the chief financial officer of great
state he has never been surpassed by any
predecessor. Then he refers to John
Brough, William D. Morgan, who he
says stand out in financial history as of
the first class, and then says that Mr.
Kiesewetter's administration will COM
pare favorably with that of either of
them, and also says that greater praise
than that hath no man in public life.
Mr.. Kiesewetter closes by the announce
ment: ''He is very popular throughout
the state, aud we predict his triumphant
reelection"
When these editorials begin to show
up in the Democratic newspapers of the
state Mr.. Kiesewetter will probably be-
come very much inflated with the praise
he is receiving, and it is perhaps shame
to deprive him of the belief that only
himself and the editor who prints them
will know that they emanated from the
man about whom they are written. They
were not mailed from Columbus until
9:80 a. m. on Thursday, October 6, and
they have not yet made their appearance
in any of the Democratic papers, and
this announcement will perhaps hurry up
the editors in printing them to oblige Mr.
Kiesewetter.
Some Of them may hesitate to print it
until they learn whether the state or Mr.